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Published by the 
Passenger Department, Boston & Maine Railroad, Boston. 
Picturesque New England Series No. 10. 



Boston and Maink 
Railroad. 



The Merrimack Valley. 



ILLUSTRATED. 



BOSTON: 
Issued by the Passenger Department. 







ROAD NEAR MIDDLKSKX, MASS., STATION. 



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THE MERRIMACK VALLEY. 




HE well-directed mortal who seeks in cen- 
tral or Northern New England a summer- 
ing locality wherein sanitary, restful and 
recreative qualities of the highest type can 
be assured, is hardly in danger, be he na- 
-»^ ^^J^ ^^^'^ '-" stranger, of making a mistake in the 

' ' ' '' selection of a situation into the make-up 

of which all these elements enter; for such 
abound on every hand in all sections of this favored region. 
Whether one seeks vacation pleasures along the lines where 
ocean waters fall upon grandest shores, and these unite to 
present magnificent scenic attractions; sojourns among lofty 
and rugged mountains, as wild and primitive in all their fea- 
tures as when fresh from the hand of the Creator; communes 
with Nature in the lake and forest regions remote from the 
usual haunts of men; or indulges in protracted dolce far 
niente in rural and farming sections, or amid the charming 
river and inland scenes such as are found in perfection in this 
morsel of the continent, — all the same the results of fullest 
gratification and entire satisfaction are sure to ensue, and 
his search to end in complete realization of his desires. 

With great numbers of people, however, the highest ideal 
of summer or vacation life is that passed among the quiet, 
restful, kindly influences of "country" scenes and neighbor- 
hoods, where Nature is found in her most beneficent moods 
and manifestations, charming in all her situations and attrac- 
tive to every person who feels in the least a desire to return 
to her allurements and rewards. For the tourist and wonder- 
seeker, the lover of the sensational — so to speak — in natural 
provision, lofty mountain upheavals, ragged and rugged ra- 
vines and gorges, or massive rock-clif¥s overhanging rushing 
or rolling waters — these or their like abnormal presentations 
have power to arrest attention, and win a tribute of passing 
admiration and praise; but for "communion" with Nature, 
for genuine delight in and enthusiasm for her gifts and com- 
pensations, she must be sought where indeed she is most 
leadily found, and where the simple-hearted, honest, manly 
contingents of humanity whom she delights to honor have 
always met and enjoyed her. 

In every part of inland and central New England, then, 
these favored natural sections abound, usually presenting a 
degree of improvement and development consistent with 
the superb endowments accorded by their Creator. It is 



often the case, too, in this region, that these rural hill and 
valley sections exist in close relation to the mountain, forest 
and wilderness creations; so that excursions may readily be 
made from the permanent or temporary home on the hill- 
side, or by the river shore, to the wonderfully fascinating 
"show places" — the spectacular provision, not forgotten when 
New England was first formed for man's possession and de- 
lectation. 



Of all the natural situations which this region presents for 
the consideration of humanity, none possesses greater attrac- 
tions than the famed "Merrimack Valley" of Massachusetts 
and New Hampshire. The Merrimack River is born among 




ARCH AT WALNUT HILL. 

the mountains that surround the Pemigewasset Valley, in New 
Hampshire, and is a union of the Pemigewasset and Winnipe- 
saukee Rivers, clear-flowing streams that come rushing down 
from the White Mountains' bases, uniting myriad crystal and 
cold brooks from the mountain sources before the onward 
course to the sea is fully entered upon below that beautiful 
Lake Winnipesaukee, which is so fair to look upon that even 
the Indians who first possessed the land could think of no 
more appropriate name for it than "The Smile of God." 

The Merrimack Valley was endowed naturally as a summer 
resort; and so complete and exhaustive are the qualities and 
attractions of these sections, that the Indians, the origi- 
nal possessors of the New England territory, were impressed 



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by their manifestations in these locaHties, and revelled in the 
delights thus afforded in summer time, drawing largely upon 
the poetic fancies possible to their language in bestowing fit- 
ting and descriptive titles to the various features and situa- 
tions. The utilization of every part of this valley and its 
neighborhoods as summering places by the whites began im- 
mediately upon the foundation of their settlements, wherever 
these took place; so that the summer homes and haunts of the 
Old Granite State have been from the first almost as well 
known to a constituency as wide as the country, as to the per- 
manent residents of this New England State. 

While the lake and mountain regions of New Hampshire 
attract through the grandeur, impressiveness and unusual 
natural endowments and manifestations that distinguish them, 
the valley sections appeal to every lover of Nature in repose, 
and of communion with her in her most beneficent moods, 
and under circumstances whereby her most potent influences 
are available to humanity in diversion, rest and recreation. 
The rural and farming districts of this State show each year 
much larger constituencies of sojourners, and pilgrims than 
do the mountain and gorge and primitive wilderness portions, 
that amaze all beholders by their abnormal natural presenta- 
tions. The real summer communities of New Hampshire are 
to be found in localities such as are found in the river valleys 
and agricultural sections of the State south of the mountain 
bases; and for these temporary communities every prepara- 
tion is made and accommodation afforded by an appreciative 
people, who rejoice in this influx of population annually made, 
and are not insensible to the sources of profit and the ma- 
terial help thus assisting in the battle for satisfactory exist- 
ence. 



The Merrimack Valley Route is one of the most important 
and interesting highways leading into the White Mountains 
region, of which it forms the western entrance. This route 
really begins at Boston, from thence running northward to 
Lowell and Lawrence (the great manufacturing centers) in 
Massachusetts, and Nashua, Manchester, and Concord in New 
Hampshire, and entering the White Mountains section via 
the shores of Lake Winnipesaukee, Plymouth, and the towns 
lying within and near the Connecticut River Valley. 

Although the entire line thus constituted bears the name 
of the "Merrimack Valley Route," the territory of the ]\Ier- 
rimack River is not entered upon until the line reaches 
Lowell, Mass.; but from this point until the shores of Lake. 
Winnipesaukee are reached, the line follows closely the course 
of the river, serving all the towns and villages visited by it in 



its journey from the mountain bases to the great mill towns 
alluded to in the foregoing. 

Lowell lies twenty-six miles northwest from Boston, and 
the course of the railroad to this point is through Cambridge, 
Somerville, a part of Medford, Winchester, Woburn, Wil- 
mington and Billerica to the Mill City. All these are historic 
towns and localities of the Old Bay State, many of them in- 
tensely interesting in this connection, while they all have at- 
tractive features of their own which appeal to every visitor to 
or traveller through their territory. 

Arriving in Lowell, the principal station of the railroad in 
that city will be found located nearly upon the very bank of 
the ^lerrimack, although hereabout that stream can hardly 
be viewed under its natural and normal conditions, its chan- 
nels being confined within granite walls and various artificial 
constructions, its banks being builded upon until structures 
have far overlapped the original bounds of its shores, and its 
very courses having been arbitrarily turned and controlled, 
until it has apparently passed as completely under the control 
of humanity as are the beasts of the field or the provisions of 
Nature on every hand. Its characteristics and natural forces 
are better illustrated within these city limits, however, than 
could possibly be the case in almost any other situation 
throughout its course, its waters being utilized here to the 
fullest extent possible in furnishing motive power for immense 
manufacturing establishments, that have challenged the at- 
tention and admiration of the world for many decades past, 
and that furnish constant employment for thousands of 
workers, and channels for the use of millions of dollars in 
capital. The .Merrimack River, cooped and confined within 
city walls of brick and stone, and transformed from a laugh- 
ing, joyous stream into a fretted drudge for man's advance- 
ment, remains still a wonderful example of the beneficent 
providence of the Creator. 

In Lowell the Merrimack passes through and by the city, 
visiting both the northeast and the southeast sections in thus 
doing. In the eastern part of the city its waters are joined by 
those of the Concord River, the last named afifording valuable 
motive power by a series of falls in the neighborhood of the 
junction point. Other waters uniting with the Merrimack 
within the city are River-meadow Brook, which empties into 
the Concord River one mile above its junction with the Mer- 
rimack; and Beaver River, which flows into the Merrimack 
from Dracut. This great variety of flowing streams renders 
the natural scenery in their neighborhood beautiful to look 
upon. "From many points delightful water-views are en- 
joyed, especially the falls of the Concord as it ])asses Belvidere 
and the grand sweep of the Merrimack between the blufifs be- 
low the lower bridge." From the heights of Centralville and 



Belvidere "the long curving line of the Merrimack, the sur- 
rounding country, tlic (Hslant peaks of Wacliusett and the 
New Hampshire mountains, come grandly into view." 

Lowell was an industrial city wdien, in the last decade of 
the last century preceding the present, "the Proprietors of the 
Locks and Canals on the ^Merrimack River" constructed a 
canal sixty feet wide on the right bank of the river, extend- 
ing from the falls for a mile and a half to the mouth of Con- 
cord River. Upon this grand canal, with its lateral branches, 
are builded the great manufacturing establishments that dis- 
tinguish the city of Lowell. The maximum force here pos- 
sible to be utilized is about fifteen thousand horse-power, of 
which only about two-thirds is leased. Since the time of this 
establishment the Lowell locality has increased from half a 
dozen farmhouses to a city of nearly one hundred thousand 
inhabitants. The city has upwards of seventy-five mills, while 
the total number of its manufacturing establishments is up- 
wards of si.x hundred. 

The natural fall of the Merrimack at this point is about 
thirty-five feet, the dam being at Pawtucket Falls. Here the 
distance from the mouth of the Merrimack at Newburyport 
is thirty-five miles, and Lowell is nine miles above Lawrence, 
the city which shares with itself the distinction of holding a 
foremost position with regard to manufactures in this section. 
The city is well lighted, well drained, and has excellent water 
supply from the river above the manufacturing establishments 
It is one of the shire towns of Middlesex County, and has 
some very pretentious county buildings. Its streets are well 
kept and finely shaded. 

The site that Lowell now occupies was once the head- 
quarters of the Paw'tucket tribe of Indians, whose chief at- 
traction hereabouts was the excellent natural fisheries of the 
Pawtucket Falls and its neighborhoods. These Indians early 
came under the ministrations of the renowned missionary 
John Eliot, whose labors among them were very successful. 

Leaving Lowell and proceeding northward by the Merri- 
mack Valley Route, the inherent beauties of this famous 
stream soon became apparent. The Indians — who named 
originally this river, as they did almost every other natural 
feature and situation of the section which is now New Eng- 
land — followed their usual promptings in applying the title, 
which has a significance resting upon the attributes of the 
stream designated, Merrimack meaning "the strong and swift 
gliding current." From source to mouth the Merrimack is 
indeed a rapid, though usually not boisterous, stream: and 
partly for this reason it has in the course of time cut for 
itself deep and strongly marked channels in the midst of the 
bottoms through which it runs. 

Immediately upon leaving the Lowell territory the Merri- 



mack Route enters upon that of Chelmsford, the railroad sta- 
tion being in North Chelmsford. This is a pleasant country 
town of northern Middlesex County, with the Merrimack 
River along a part of its northern line. This is an ancient 
and pleasant town, rural in all its belongings and interests, 
and attractive in summer-time to many visitors. 

Eight miles northward from Lowell and thirty-three miles 
from Boston this route lies within Tyngsborough, 
through which the Merrimack flows, making a most pic- 
turesque curve in passing the central village. Hereabouts 
the railroad track skirts the river-bank and overlooks the 
beautiful stream for a long distance, presenting most charm- 
ing views of ever-varying landscapes all the way. Nearly one- 
half of the area of Tyngsborough is in forests; and beautiful 




M.ARTINS FF.RRY, ON MERRIMACK RIVER. 

growths of elms and maples are found in every residential 
part, and on countless hillsides and eminences within the town 
limits. This place is also exceedingly attractive in summer- 
time, and most desirable for sojourning or temporary resi- 
dence. Its northern boundary is the line between the States 
of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and its immediate 
neighbor on the north is the thriving city of Nashua, in the 
Old Granite State, through which the Merrimack and its 
great adjunct, the Boston & Maine Railroad, pass in the 
closest union, as is the case in nearly every other section 
wherein the Merrimack Valley is found. 

Nashua is one of the youngest community establishments 
of the Old Granite State— of New England, in fact. It lies 
along the boundary line between New Hampshire and Massa- 



chusetts, and was not settled by white people until the present 
century was considerably advanced, although the Indians 
knew its territory well for many decades preceding this time, 
and King Philip with his cruel warriors were exceedingly 
active in this section in their day. Nashua is now an exceed- 
ingly lively manufacturing center, and a junction point for 
several railroads — the Worcester, Nashua & Portland, the 




Nashua & Acton and the Southern Division of the Boston & 
Maine Railroad System. It was not until 1853 that Nashua 
became a city; but its growth has been exceedingly rapid 
since that time, and it has one of the most attractive localities 
of the cities of its class in New England. Its territory is 
rolling, its drives of the finest, and its situation is eminently 
healthful. The Merrimack River runs directly through the 



center of its site; and with this beautiful stream the Nashua 
River unites its waters within the limits of the city, the last- 
named river furnishing water-power for the great number of 
manufacturing establishments of the place, through a canal 
three miles long, sixty feet wide and eight feet deep, with a 
fall of thirty-six feet. These rivers and the beautiful out- 
lying country about Nashua render the place exceedingly de- 
sirable for summer visitation and sojourning, while its health- 
ful and recreative qualities enhance these conditions. 

And now, the Granite State being fairly entered upon, the 
traveller by the Merrimack Valley Route finds that his in- 
terest in the journey increases with every mile of distance 
traversed, and with every bend and turn of the grand old 
river along whose banks he pursues his way. Sloping gently 
upward and backward from the river shores the richest farm- 
ing lands come into the view on either hand, diversified and 
characterized by the natural features that render New Eng- 
land scenery so charmingly attractive, and displaying in 
picturesque and pleasing succession the evidences of the pres- 
ence of enlightened humanity, which also distinguish the New 
England sections. Fine old mansions upon well-kept estates; 
public and private institutions that betray their character by 
their extent or architecture; modest farmhouses scattered here 
and there in favored spots along the valley; hamlets and vil- 
lages, sometimes of scattered dwellings and buildings, and oc- 
casionally thickly clustered about some manufacturing estab- 
lishment, or favored trading center, — all these evidences of the 
life of the valley neighborhoods are fittingly associated with 
the natural manifestations of its quality, so that merely to 
look upon the scenes that pass within the view carries the 
conviction that hereabouts is a summer land indeed, a van- 
tage ground in every part of which the wearied, restless, long- 
ing denizen of the city or the heated centers of busy life may 
find rest, recreation and such communion with Nature as 
every way-worn specimen of humanity most ardently desires 
in the vacation periods of the year. 

As in the State of Massachusetts, so in New Hampshire, — 
the valley of the Merrimack is set at frequent intervals with 
manufacturing centers that constitute almost invariably 
greater or lesser city formations, and which stand as centers 
of trade and commercial and social intercourse in a country 
otherwise rural and primitive in all its characteristics. After 
leaving Nashua and pursuing the Merrimack Valley Route 
through miles of courses upon which villages and "settle- 
ments" occur at irregular intervals, the first large community 
organization of the route is the city of Manchester, like its 
prototype in Old England, a manufacturing center of a qual- 
ity that the whole world recognizes. Manchester is situated 
about midway between Nashua and Concord; the last named 



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the capital city of the State; and it differs from its namesake 
on the other side of the Atlantic in that its features are about 
equally divided between the industrial and the natural, or, 
perhaps, it is nearer the truth to say that it has even more of 
attractive and desirable natural qualities than of the material 
attributes that give it importance as a business center. Man- 
chester is the most populous city in New Hampshire, but its 
municipal belongings are closely compacted within well-de- 
fined limits. Outside these limits scenes of natural beauty 
and attractiveness take place immediately, and stretch away 
for miles in every direction. 

Within the suburbs and neighborhood of Manchester are 
to be found more fine estates and residences than is often the 
case with New England cities of its class. The drives in every 
direction are superb, the territory is elevated and broken into 
hills of greater and lesser height in every direction, and the 
scenic successions all about are of the finest. From the lofty 
eminences the forest and valley views are exceedingly attract- 
ive, and the outlooks upon the river are grand indeed. 
Amid these scenes are provisions for summer homes and 
sojourning points, embracing every variety of such ac- 
commodations, from the life of the modest farmhouse 
and ordinary community dwelling to the more pretentious 
social assemblages of the summer hotel and caravan- 
sary. The whole section is admirably adapted to the desires 
and needs of the summer seeker, no matter under what con- 
ditions he has visited the Old Granite State. 

Situated about four miles eastward of the city is beautiful 
Lake Massabesic, "a sheet of water so wondrously irregular in 
outline that, although it is only four miles across its widest 
part, it has thirty-one miles of shore in its circumference." 
This lake is studded with islands in every part, their shores 
and those of the mainland presenting miles of beaches of 
clean white sand, while often the luxuriant wood-growths 
come down to meet the waters, the whole presenting a series 
of picturesque and fascinating natural scenes of exceeding 
beauty. Like other natural formations within the Old Granite 
State, Massabesic has its "Devil's Den," while, as though to 
present the other extreme in its attractions, its "Fairy Grot- 
to" has also delighted thousands upon thousands of visitors. 

Practically, Lake Massabesic is a union of twin lakes, di- 
vided by a narrow ridge of sand beach, an opening at the 
upper ends of which comprises the connection between the two 
parts. There is fine fishing in this lake, as the summer so- 
journer in the sections roundabout early discovers, and as 
boats are in plentiful provision, and excursions upon its sur- 
face are always inviting, its natural endowment in this regard 
is utilized to the utmost. All around the lake, upon and near 
its irregular shores, are summer establishments in great va- 



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ricty, — cottages, villas, chalets, boat and clubhouses and the 
like, — and the whole locality is given over to summer life of 
the most enchanting description. From every direction drive- 
ways have this lake as an objective point, and the whole 
section is enlivened throughout the summer season by the 
presence and movements of the summer colonists. 

Manchester is the junction point of the Concord & Ports- 
mouth Branch and Manchester & North Weare Branch of 
the Boston & Maine Railroad System. 

Next northward from Manchester, and only a few miles 
removed from it, is the little manufacturing center of Hook- 
sett, a mere village among the Merrimack River community 
establishments, but important enough in its way. The entry 
into Hooksett by the railroad is made via a bridge 550 feet 
long, the river making an abrupt turn at this point which 
necessitates this crossing as an economic measure. The site 
of this village is a part of the territory once presented by the 
State of Massachusetts to Passaconaway, a great sachem of 
the Penacook tribe. Hereabouts, too, the pious missionary 
John Eliot did noble work, both Passaconaway and Monno- 
lancet, his son, being converted to Christianity through his 
efforts, much to the disgust of King Philip, who made use of 
all his arts and eloquence to pervert them from their faith. 

Hooksett has a fine water power, which is excellently well 
improved; and besides the products of its mill establishment, 
ten millions of bricks are made here annually. The scenery 
upon every side is primitive and wildly attractive. Pinnacle 
Mountain, on the west side of the river, rising to semi-moun- 
tainous height, a pile of ragged, beetling crags, with outlooks 
over great distances in every direction from its sides and sum- 
mit and having at its base a correspondingly dark and deep 
lake, whose waters have no visible outlet. As for the river 
itself, in the Hooksett locality it becomes exceedingly pic- 
turesque through its falling waters, the currents, rent and torn 
with myriad fragments, tumbling for considerable distance 
over a rugged and ledgey bottom of rock formations, the 
whole easily visible from the trains of the railroad that skirt 
the very edge of the scene as they pass. All about Hooksett 
the scenery is rugged and primitive, but none the less attract- 
ive on this account, and the visitation to its locality is large in 
summer time. The introduction to this variety of scenery at 
this point in the Merrimack Valley so far removed from the 
White Mountain region, and differing so greatly from the 
usual manifestations of the valley scenery, is unique in the 
natural provision made in conection with the Merrimack 
River, its appearance suggesting that a morsel of Franconia 
belongings had in some way been removed to this spot. 

Be this as it may, from Hooksett onward to Concord, a 
distance of about eighteen miles, the river valley resumes the 



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characteristics in the soutli; and its quiet, rural and peaceful 
features have no superior in any part of the river's course. 

Concord, the capital city of New Hampshire, is seventy- 
five miles north from Boston, and has about fifteen thousand 
inhabitants. It occupies a situation geographically about the 
center of the State, reckoning from east to west, with the 
ocean on the east and the Connecticut River on the west 
about equi-distant. It is a center of considerable historical 
importance, its site having been occupied by the Penacook 
tribe of Indians as late as the year 172s: but not long alter 
this time these Indians were displaced by white settlers, who 
had obtained that section of territory by grant from the State 
of Massachusetts. It became the capital of New Hampshire 
in the early part of the present century. 

This city is built along the west bank of the Merrimack 
River, upon elevated tabl^-lands that overlook many miles of 
the fairest landscapes that New England can present. It is a 
manufacturing city of considerable importance, its industries 
being in great variety, and some of them having achieved 
notable distinction, as its wagon works, which are the largest 
in the world. It possesses inexhaustible quarries of the finest 
granite, specimens of which are found in the construction of 
public buildings in many of the States. An economic feature 
in which it takes great pride is its fine water supply, drawn 
from Lake Penacook, a beautiful water sheet in the northern 
section of the city. Its streets are broad and well kept and 
beautifully shaded; and its suburbs abound in natural scenery 
that would be considered remarkable anywhere, dotted with 
estates, establishments and institutions well fitted to the locali- 
ties in which they are found. Here the Merrimack is crossed 
by numerous bridges; and of late years Concord has grown 
considerably on the east side of the river. From any stand- 
point the capital city of the Old Granite State is wondrously 
attractive; but with regard to its natural features, situations 
and characteristics it has no superior anywhere. "In the im- 
mediate locality of Concord there are no lofty mountains, no 
wild ravines or ragged wildernesses, no outspread lakes with 
rock-strewn and wooded shores, not even a tumbling water- 
fall in the river to attract by manifestations of natural eccen- 
tricity. The scenery of this locality is, instead, of the peace- 
ful, pastoral order, and its attractions are of nature in perfect 
rest, and of softest and most soothing influences on every 
hand. The situation is of vast meadow tracts, stretching away 
from the river banks and from the clustered hills on which the 
city stands. Upon these meadows and intervales are some of 
the finest farms in the State, or, indeed, in the country. From 
the breezy hills upon which the city is built the outlooks ex- 
tend for miles in every direction; and the boundaries of the 
views are marked by a fringe of low, wooded hills, an ad- 



miral)lc framing for a picture that can hardly be temperately 
described. The finest roads cross these lowlands in every 
part, affording delightful drives to the hill country on 
the boundary, and to innumerable attractive spots and locali- 
ties within the sections. The elevations about the city com- 
mand complete views of all; and from the top of one of them 
outlooks into every county in the State arc to be had, in- 
cluding marvellous revelations of mountain-peaks, such as 
distinguish the scenery of but few portions of the earth's sur- 
face. In the midst the river flows, a cjuiet, winsome, fasci- 
nating element of beauty in the landscape, animating the 
natural features as the coursing of the life blood does the 
force of a healthful man." 

It might go without telling that such a natural situation 
must attract hosts of visitors to its temporary possession and 
enjoyment with every summer that passes; and this is indeed 
the case. The sanitary perfections, cool and invigorating 
breezes, pure water, and the delights afforded upon every 
hand of the Concord territory, were early discovered by the 
multitudes that have thronged New England in summer time, 
almost ever since her occupation by white settlers; and this 
beautiful spot within the Merrimack River Valley long since 
acquired a reputation in this connection that the lapse of time 
has only broadened and strengthened. 

From Concord a member of the Boston & Maine Railroad 
System known as the "Concord Division" runs northeast- 
ward to White River Junction, on the Connecticut River. 
This is an important line of travel to and from the west and 
north; and upon its route are some of the finest summering 
places known to central New Hampshire. 

Nineteen miles from Concord on this line is found the 
town of Franklin, wherein the Pemigewasset and Winnipe- 
saukee Rivers unite to form the Merrimack River. This 
town is noted for its numerous streams of clear, pure water, 
for the beautiful wooded hills in the midst of which it is 
found, and for the picturesqueness of its situation from every 
standpoint. It is a manufacturing center of considerable im- 
portance, and has a population numbering about thirty-five 
hundred people. 

At Franklin the Bristol Branch of the Concord Division 
makes departure from the main line. This branch extends 
to the town of Bristol, a distance of thirteen miles. Bristol 
occupies a delightful situation, with mountains and streams 
on every hand, and it has become a noted summer resort for 
campers and fishermen, the well-known Newfound Lake 
being easily accessible from this point. A few miles beyond 
Franklin, on the main line of the Concord Division, the rail- 
road skirts the shores of the beautiful Webster Lake, and has 
a station almost at its water's edge. This is a very attractive 



vvatcrslicct, much frequented by visitors to the towns in its 
neighborliood, with a fine natural grove well equipped for 
the reception and entertainment of picnic and excursion 
parties in summer time. 

Passing onward towards the Connecticut River, the next 
important town beyond Franklin is Andover. noted for its 
drives and Ijcautiful watersheets, and for natural features in- 
teresting to c\ery traveller or summer sojourner. Within 
Andover limits are Highland Lake and Eagle Pond, with 
Ragged Mountain overlooking the last named. Here, again, 
is one of the attractive summering places of the Old Granite 
State. At Potter Place, two miles beyond Andover, is the 
station for Mount Kearsarge, the grandest mountain eleva- 
tion in this part of the State. All this section is thronged 
by visitors in summer time, ample accommodations for so- 
journers and temporary boarders being afiforded on every 
side, and the localities being exceedingly desirable. 

Danbury is thirty-nine miles from Concord and 114 miles 
from Boston. Here the territory takes on almost mountain- 
ous features, and the scenery is exceedingly picturesque. 

Grafton lies next to Danbury, and within its territory 
runs the ridge which forms the watershed between the east 
and the west, a tributary of the Pemigewasset emptying into 
the Merrimack River on the eastern side, and the branch of 
the Mascoma River flowing into the Connecticut on the west. 
In this town the railroad occupies ground 778 feet higher than 
that of Concord. Like many of the surrounding towns, Graf- 
ton has a large number of fine ponds. 

Beyond Grafton, on this line, is Canaan, a town noted for 
beautiful scenery and for its fine accommodations for summer 
boarders. Its localities are quiet and restful, and here the 
ideals of country life in summer time, in a rural farming lo- 
cality, may be completely realized. Enfield, its next neigh- 
bor on the west, has become celebrated through its Shaker 
community, one of the most thrifty and prosperous assem- 
blages of the representatives of this sect anywhere to be 
found. Here is the beautiful Mascoma Lake, and many other 
fine though lesser watersheets. The Shaker settlement is 
situated on the eastern slope of a range of lofty hills, in the 
western part of the town. Mascoma Lake is the center of a 
notable summering place, with summer cottages and camping 
grounds in great variety and abundance. 

The terminal town upon this line, on the Connecticut 
River, is Lebanon, sixty-five miles from Concord and 140 
miles from Boston. The Mascoma River makes a crooked 
course through the territory of this town, the railroad cross- 
ing it several times via covered bridges. Here is another very 
attractive locality for summer sojourners. White River Junc- 
tion is in the town of Hartford, Vermont, and a connection 



is made there with tlie Central Vermont Railroad and the 
Connecticut & Passumpsic Division of the Boston & ]\Iaine 
Railroad System, by means of a bridge crossing the great 
river. Hereabouts the meadow and intervale lands of the 
river bottoms are in marked contrast to the more rugged 
scenery generally characterizing the Concord Division. 

Altogether the section of the State through which this di- 
vision runs has a fine constituency of visitors and sojourners 
in summer time, while its natural endowments, and the facili- 
ties for their accommodation and entertainment, are unsur- 
passed by any of the rural and farming sections of New Eng- 
land. 

Concord is also the starting point northward for the White 
Mountains Division of the Boston & Maine Railroad System, 
which division, passing over the interval between Concord 
and the Winnipesaukee region, skirts the great lake on its 
entire western side, passes from thence to Plymouth, which 
town lies at the gateway of the Pemigewasset Valley and the 
White Mountains sections, which latter it enters upon, after 
leaving Plymouth, on the western side and by the way of the 
towns lying between the bases of the mountain elevations and 
the Connecticut and Ammonoosuc Rivers. As the Merrimack 
Valley Route lies practically within a portion of this White 
Mountains Division of the Boston & Maine Railroad, the 
course of this line will now be traced from its leaving Con- 
cord northward until the town of Plymouth is reached. 

Four miles out of Concord, then, passing northward, lies 
ancient Canterbury, also celebrated for its community of 
Shakers (juartered in that village. A few miles further north 
is the town of Tilton, one of the most thriving and 
up-to-date community establishments of the State. Here the 
Commonwealth has located an establishment constituting a 
Home for Disabled Soldiers, and here, too, is the New 
Hampshire Seminary and Female College; and within the 
town limits are as fine an assemblage of beautiful residential 
buildings and artistic institutions as can be found in any New 
England center of its class in any part. At Tilton the rail- 
road bids farewell to the Merrimack River and its valley, so 
far as the intimate connections between the three is con- 
cerned, as it has existed heretofore. The route now enters 
scenes characteristic of the approaches to the mountain re- 
gion, and the natural presentations from this point onward 
are such as to give the traveller, especially if he be a novice 
within this territory, small reason for regret that the associa- 
tions which have proved so attractive and pleasing to him 
cannot be protracted throughout his journey. 

Tilton is ninety-seven miles from Boston, and is one of 
the most important centers north of Concord within the 
State. The original name of the place, after being settled by 



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the whites, was Sanbornton Bridge, the present name being 
of comparatively recent origin, and given in honor of the 
principal family of the place. Like many other of the New 
Hampshire townships, the historic associations of this place 
are largely connected with the days when it was possessed by 
the Indians. Here at one time was the largest Indian fortress 
in what is now known as New England, works made up of 
lines of intrenchments, faced with stone and palisaded, — the 
remains of which are still to be found. Tilton has a very fine 
town hall, the gift of the present representative of that family 
name; and in every part of the town are establishments and 
memorials — works of art and foundations of utility illus- 
trating the generosity and beneficence of the Tilton family. 

Through this town flows the Winnipesaukee River, here- 
abouts a charmingly attractive stream, whose features have 
been seized upon for ornamentation and artistic and archi- 




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tectural display by the benefactor of the place. Upon a lofty 
height overlooking the village a massive granite arch, a re- 
production of the Triumphal Arch of the Champs Elysee, in 
Paris, challenges the attention and admiration of every visi- 
tor to the town. Artistic statues and fountains and the like 
are scattered about in various localities within the village 
limits, all testifying to the public spirit and home attach- 
ments of the Tilton family. 

The territory of Tilton is broken and hilly, and the out- 
looks from the lofty eminences on every hand are grand in- 
deed. At East Tilton great mountains become features in 
the landscapes; and from the higher hilltops great bodies of 
water come into the views, indicating that the lake as well as 
the mountain regions of the State will soon be entered upon. 
At Tilton is the junction of the Tilton & Belmont and 
Franklin & Tilton Branches of the White Mountains divi- 
sion. 



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Leaving Tilton and continuing the journey northward, 
the railroad stcirts the banks, or passes within easy view, of 
the Winnipesaukee River; and within a few miles the shores 
of Little Bay, Lake Winnisquam and Great Bay are entered 
upon, with scenery of the most attractive variety and con- 
stantly changing presentations in full view from car windows 
as the train moves forward. These water surfaces constitute 
a chain of lakes or large ponds extending from the 
northern sections of the Tilton territory to the south 
western corner, or outlet, of Lake Winnipesaukee, which pre- 
sents a fine culmination of the magnificent water thus af- 
forded. Really the water passing from Winnipesaukee 
through this chain of lakes and streams is entirely delivered 
to the currents of the Alerrimack River, although the Merri- 
mack name is not bestowed upon the aggregation until the 
stream has reached the territory of the town of Franklin, as 
hereinbefore indicated. 

The largest body of water constituting a member of .this 
chain is Lake Winnisquam, lying a near neighbor on the 
south of Lake Winnipesaukee, and constituting a watersheet 
about nine miles in length and two miles in width in its 
broadest part. Winnisciuam is an Indian name, signifying 
"beautiful water," — and beautiful water this lake presents in- 
deed, dotted throughout all its upper portions with lovely is- 
lands, surrounded on nearly every side by wooded hills, and a 
center in both summer and winter of employments and en- 
joyments, delights and pastimes, such as few watersheets in 
the country can present or make possible. 

Along the eastern shore of this lake the city of Laconia is 
situated, with its outlying section, Lakeport — a part of La- 
conia — lying between it and the Winnipesaukee shore. 
Laconia is an industrial town of comparatively large im- 
portance, having great variety of manufactures and produc- 
tions, which are prosecuted with a vim and energy that would 
insure success under any circumstances or situation. But the 
summer visitor will be sure to become interested in the place 
through its magnificent natural surroundings and attributes — 
the quality of its scenery, natural endowments, provision for 
summer sports and pastimes and recreations, and the facilities 
afforded for the perfect enjoyment of all these. Lakeport is 
the junction point of the Lake Shore Branch of the Northern 
Division of the Boston & Maine system. 

A little more than eight miles to the northeast of the Til- 
ton village, and almost overlooking Lake Winnipesaukee 
from the south, rises Mount Belknap, an elevation that seems 
almost to have been artificially moulded, so symmetrical and 
nicely proportioned is its mass. The outlooks from Mount 
Belknap are of the grandest, including Winnipesaukee, with 
all the lakes and mountains lying in its neighborhood — 



and their name is legion — the Presidential and Franconia 
ranges of the White Alontains, and sections of the Atlantic 
toast scenery along Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachu- 
setts shores. Upon a graduated scale all the hills above La- 
conia afYord views similar to those from Mount Belknap, so 
that the scenic presentations of the locality have few superiors 
in any part of the State. Between the shore of Lake Winni- 
squani and the bases of the Belknap range the interval is oc- 
cupied by excellent farms, the residences of the population 
dotting the spaces as individuals or hamlets in every direction, 
and collectively presenting that appearance of restful, quiet 
and inviting qualities, so highly prized and widely sought by 
vacation seekers of every sort in summer time. In all these 
sections the summer boarding house constitutes an important 
and characteristic feature. 




MX. C.\RDI(;AN, ALKXANliRlA, N.H. 

Leaving Laconia and Lakcport, the railroad pursues its 
way northward, running along the very edge of Lake Winni- 
pesaukee on the west, the shores of the great lake hereabouts 
usually presenting the feature of a cliffy formation, of no 
great height, to be sure, but often abrupt and insuring the 
advantage of views of the lake waters from a slightly ele- 
vated position. "Lake Winnipesaukee is one of the fairest 
watershects in the world, with regard to the purity of its 
waters, the beauty and grandeur of its surroundings, or the 
attractiveness of its features and belongings. It is twenty- 
five miles long and from one to seven miles in width, and 
has an area of sixty-nine square miles. It is 472 feet above 
the level of the sea. Dotting its surface are upwards of three 
hundred islands, many of these of goodly size and amply large 




NEWFOUND LAKE. 



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enough for habitation, and some containing dwelUngs or 
other buildings. These ishmds are the objects of excursions 
and exploration for myriad visitors in summer time. The 
beauty of the mountain elevations as seen from the surface 
of Lake Winnipesaukee, or from the line of its south shore, 
cannot be exceeded. On the north the whole of the Sand- 
wich Range bounds the view from many standpoints, while 
Mount Washington and the Presidential Range, the Belknap 
Mountains on the south, and individuals of the Franconia and 
Moosilauke Ranges on the northwest, are constantly to be 
seen. Members of the Sandwich elevations send their steep 
declivities down to the very water's edge; and from the 
heights above the lake mountains thirty, fifty, seventy miles 
away are visible, according to the state of the atmosphere or 
to the view point occupied. Many of the larger islands and 
miles of the shore are beautifully wooded, the varieties of 
coniferous growth affording every shade of foliage green, 
from the sombre mourning effects of the hemlocks to the 
lighter effects of the cedars and savins, while the bright shim- 
mering greens of the maples and birches, and the smooth 
masses of the oak and walnut foliage, blend in glorious har- 
mony over vast expanses. Occasionally a stretch of white 
gleaming beach shows itself, bordered perhaps by frowning 
crags, or broken ledges of rock-masses, iron gray and strewn 
in wildest profusion. Among these features the quiet waters 
of the lake are constantly appearing, the very ideal of rest 
and peace. The assemblage of all these features in succession 
of natural scenes is fascinating beyond description; and the 
localities are few upon the face of the earth where natural at- 
tractions have been so lavishly bestowed." 

The one community establishment upon the western 
shore of this lake is Weirs; and here, of course, the 
railroad has a station, directly upon and overlooking the 
lake. Here was a famous Indian headquarters in ancient 
times, and hereabouts the representatives of the tribes had 
their fish-weirs, by means of which they took great quantities 
of shad and other fish in their season, — and hence the name 
which the place now bears. Weirs is a great summer resort, 
and has become distinguished by its grove meetings and as- 
semblages of society organizations within the season. No- 
table among the establishments of the place are the grounds 
and buildings of the New Hampshire Veterans' Association; 
and here are hotels and provision for the entertainment and 
accommodation for similar organizations and associations 
from any section. 

From the lake front and the heights of Weirs the finest 
mountain views may be had, the Ossipee Mountains, Cho- 
corua. Red Hill, Paugus, Passaconaway, Tri-pyramid, White 
Face, Sandwich Dome, Lafayette, and many other individuals 
and well-known ranges. 



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The natural features of Weirs and its neighborhoods re- 
tain still their primitive qualities, and arc largely wild and 
unreclaimed, as was the case when the W'innipesaukee and 
Ossipee tribes were the only inhabitants of the section. The 
site is most picturescjue, the territory rising boldly from the 
lake shore in successions of elevations and lofty hills, with 
forest growths a chief element in the belongings. Near the 
railroad station, on the shore of the lake, is the famous "En- 
dicott Rock," a boulder twenty feet in circumference, upon 
which are carved the initials of the chiefs of the colonial sur- 
vey of 1652, and the name and title "John Endicott, Gov." 
Weirs is the terminal station of the steamboats of the lake on 
the west. 

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turesque of all the lake towns, and possessed of peculiar at- 
tractions and advantages for summer visitors." The Mere- 
dith village stands upon a bay making inland from Lake 
Winnipesaukee and constituting its extreme northwest sec- 
tion. As the waters of this bay have sufficient depth for the 
lake steamers, all the lake ports and every portion of the lake 
itself are brought into immediate connection with this town 
through these means. Within the Meredith territory are also 
a large number of lakelets, ponds and streams, — indeed, its 
water features form a principal charm of the place, and at- 
tract thither for visitation or sojourning a great number of 
summer seekers with every succeeding year. Centre Harbor 
is about five miles distant from Meredith, with an excellent 
highway for driving connecting the two places, so that ex- 



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cursions to that locality may be made by either land or water 
— an advantage that is sufficiently appreciated. Meredith has 
become a summer resort of considerable importance, and its 
growth in this direction is on the increase. For boating, 
fishing and water pastimes generally, and especially for camp- 
ing, the place has few superiors. 

Ashland is a village lying twelve miles north from Weirs, 
a thriving typical New England village, with natural situation 
and endowments that would render it attractive under any 
circumstances. Between Meredith and Ashland the railroad 
passes along the shore of another famous New Hampshire 
watersheet — Lake Waukawan — which it skirts for upwards 
of four miles. Lake Waukawan, however, is known locally 
in these days as "Measley Pond," — a change in title which 
seems hard to justify under the circumstances. Within the 
limits of Ashland, the union of the waters of the Squam and 
Pemigewasset Rivers takes place; but not until the first 
named river has enlarged and outspread its volume into a 
succession of broad surfaces that are known as the Squam 
Lakes, a remarkable natural presentation that distinguishes 
the eastern and southeastern territory of this town, and which 
have become universally celebrated through the marvellous 
beauty of the waters and their environment. A beautiful 
drive is that from Ashland to Center Harbor on Lake Win- 
nipesaukee, over an excellent driveway of about eleven miles 
in length, passing along the shores of the Squam Lakes, and 
presenting more of lovely scenery comprising mountains, 
intervales, and lake and river waters, than can be found in 
any other part of New England within similar limits. 

Five miles northward from Ashland lies Plymouth the 
shire town of Grafton County, and possessing one of the 
prettiest of New England villages. This town has consider- 
able of historic interest in connection with both its original 
possessors, the Indians, and their successors, the white set- 
tlers. In the ancient court house of this town the youthful 
Daniel Webster made his first plea before a jury. In the 
Pemigewasset House, the principal hotel of the place, and. 
indeed, the only one, Nathaniel Hawthorne died in 1864. 
The natural scenery within and about the place is exceed- 
ingly attractive, and especially the outlooks upon moun- 
tain peaks are notable. Mount Monadnock is a principal 
feature of the southwest, as is Mount Moosilauke in the 
northwest; and between these points, northward, eastward 
and southward for great distances, mountain elevations 
of individuals and groups and chains fill up the views. 
Near at hand is the junction of the Pemigewasset and 
Baker's Rivers; and the gateway of the Pemigewasset 
Valley, the "place of crooked pines," according to the Indian 
idea, is just beyond. The hills of the Plymouth territory — 



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and they are tumbled about in great numbers — might be 
called mountains in any locality that had not so vast an as- 
semblage of lofty upheavals within sight as has this place; 
and they constitute the grandest standpoints from which to 
look upon and estimate the glories of the White Mountains 
region. As a headquarters for summer sojourning, and from 
which to make excursions into every part of the lake and 
mountain region of New Hampshire, Plymouth has few rivals 
and no superiors. The town and its neighborhoods are 
thronged with visitors and summer residents in the season, 
and the provision and facilities for their entertainment and 
enjoyment is profuse in every department. The place has all 




BRIDGE AT GROTON, N.H. 



the qualities of a mountain region center; and a ride of an 
hour or two will transport one into the midst of primitive 
scenes of wild and rugged nature such as are presented but 
by few sections of the earth's surface. 

Returning now for another brief survey of the Merrimack 
Valley Route, it must be noted that, between Nashua and 
Concord, the main line of the Boston & Maine Railroad 
throws off lateral branches on either hand, which, passing 
through territory exceedingly interesting to summer seekers 
on account of the treasures of scenery, situations and satis- 
factory localities of which they are in search, merits some de- 
scription in these pages. 



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MANCHESTER & NORTH WEARE BRANCH. 

One of these offshoots, or spur hues, is the Manchester & 
North Weare Branch, extending from the city of Manchester 
northweasterly towards the Connecticut River to the town 
of Henniker, a distance of about twenty-five miles. This 
branch Hne follows nearly the course of the Piscataquog 
River, and ministers to several minor towns and villages of 
this central New Hampshire section. These towns are, in 
order beginning at the junction of the branch with the main 
line at Manchester, Bedford, Goffstown Center, Shirley Hill, 
Goffstown, Parkers, Oil Mills, Everett, East Weare, North 
Weare, Colbys, Henniker Junction and Henniker; or, rather, 
this list comprises the names of the stations at which the 
trains make stop in passing over the route. From Par- 




NEWFOU.ND LAKE. 



kers a short spur line is thrown ofif to New Boston; and 
these localities comprise all the objects of ministration of this 
branch. None of these places are of large importance, con- 
sidered with reference to population, business and manu- 
facturing interests, or magnitude of agricultural enterprises; 
but they all furnish admirable summer homes and temporary 
abiding places during the outing season, and thousands of 
visitors of the past can attest their beneficent sanitary and 
recreative qualities, and that of the communion with nature 
which they afford. Visits to these localities are comparatively 
inexpensive in every department, and all their advantages 
are, visible in summer time to every class and condition of 
mortals that may be benefited by them. 



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CONCORD & PORTSMOUTH BRANCH. 

Another — and considerably the largest and most important 
— of the branches of the Valley Line is the Concord & 
Portsmouth Branch, another off-shoot making junction with 
the main line in Manchester. This branch extends from 
Manchester due east to Portsmouth, on the sea coast, but its 
trains are run between Concord and Portsmouth as termi- 
nals. This line is not distinguished in any part of its loca- 
tion by unusual natural manifestations, having no mountains 
and not many lakes and streams to characterize its situa- 
tions. The scenes through which it passes are chiefly rural 
and pastoral, well situated for domestic and homestead pur- 
poses, and inviting to humanity in every part. Of farming 
lands and agricultural establishments on either hand this 




FARM AT ENFIELD, N.H. 



route has no lack; and wherever these occur in the Old 
Granite State one may be sure that advantages for summer 
visitation and residence will not be wanting. Not only do 
the above brief descriptions apply to the immediate localities 
through which this branch is laid, but the sections on either 
side for considerable distances are of the same general charac- 
ter, and are readily reached from the numerous stations of 
the line. 

Leaving Manchester, at the distance of five miles out is 
Massabcsic Station, m close proximity to the lake of the same 
name, of which some account has been given in the forego- 



36 

ing pages. The people of the Merrimack Valley cities and 
towns greatly appreciate this lake and its neighborhoods, 
and from all sides flock to its enjoyments. From this sta- 
tion the trains proceed eastward via Auburn, Candia, Ray- 
mond, Epping (a considerable center), Rockingham Junction, 
Stratham. Bayside and Greenland to Portsmouth. At Rock- 
ingham Junction connection is made with the Western Di- 
vision of the Boston & Maine Railroad System, by which 
one may make departure if he so wishes. Stratham is a town 
of about eight hundred inhabitants, situated on Great Bay. 
Great Bay is formed by the Piscataqua River making a grand 
inroad southward upon the mainland not far above Ports- 
mouth, and forming an extensive watersheet which has re- 
ceived this name. Into this bay the tide ebbs and flows, and 
it often presents a busy scene of boating in summer time 
when the tide is in. The views about its shores are very fine. 




MASCOMA LAKE AT EAST LEliANON, N.H. 

At Greenland connection is made by stages with Rye Beach 
and various points along the ocean shore. There is some 
excellent fishing in Great Bay within the summer and fall 
seasons. 

At Portsmouth junction is made with the Eastern Di- 
vision of the Boston & Maine Railroad System, which fol- 
lows generally the line of the ocean coast from Boston to 
Portland, the last-named city in the State of Maine. Ports- 
mouth is beautifully situated on the seacoast of New Hamp- 
shire (the State has but sixteen miles of coast), at the mouth 
of the Piscataciua River. On the opposite side of the river 
from Portsmouth is Kittery, in Maine, the Piscataciua di- 
viding at this point between the States of Maine and New 
Hampshire; and in Kittery is a United States navy yard, 



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which, liowever, is often called the "Portsmontli navy yard." 
Portsmouth has the finest climate on the Atlantic shore north 
of Cape Cod, and has become a summer resort of great im- 
portance and celebrity, its constituency representing every 
part of the country. It has beautiful scenery, fine sanitary 
conditions and superior natural and historic attractions. It 
is besides one of the oldest community establishments of the 
country, having been settled only three years after the land- 
ing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth. 

THE SUNCOOK VALLEY BRANCH. 

Another branch of the Merrimack Valley Line is known as 
the Suncook Valley Branch, its terminals being Hooksett 




LEBANON, N.H. 



and Centre Barnstead, which places are about twenty-five 
miles apart. This branch is laid in a northeasterly direction, 
and makes junction with the main line at Suncook, two miles 
northward from Hooksett and sixty-eight miles from Boston. 
Suncook is situated at the confluence of the Suncook and 
Merrimack Rivers; and it is a post village of the town of 
Pembroke, one of the most beautiful localities of the Merri- 
mack Valley. As a matter of fact, Suncook is situated in 
both Pembroke and Allenstown, being found on both sides 
of the river at this point. A noted highway, known as "Pem- 
broke Street," a broad country road bordered with ancient 
elms, extends from Suncook to Concord and has been a 
celebrated driveway for many decades. 



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Northern Vermont. 

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Southeast New Hampshire. 

Southwest New Hampshire. 

Central Massachusetts. 

Merrimack Valley. 

Lake Sunapee. 

Lake Memphremagog and About There. 

The Monadnock Region. 

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receipt of two cents in stamps for each book. 

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